Palisander Berkeley Chess Elizabethan Large Cardinal Chess Set

• Beautifully crafted in the UK.
• Imposing 5 inch King.
• Solid crushed stone resin pieces.
• Deluxe Spanish Palisander and Maple Board.
• Stunning attention to detail.
• Warm red and cream colouring.

Precisely crafted in the UK, this stunning chess set brings to life the beauty and majesty of Elizabethan England. We at Regency Chess have completed the set with a Spanish-made Deluxe 23.6 Inch Montgoy Palisander and Maple Chess Board.

During her long reign, Queen Elizabeth 1st brought England a time of economic growth, empirical expansion and incredible optimism. Elizabeth was known as "The Virgin Queen", for she refused to dilute her authority through marriage. She led England into a new renaissance, associated inextricably with William Shakespeare, Sir Walter Raleigh's epic voyages of discovery to America and Sir Francis Drake's crushing defeat of the mighty Spanish Armada.

Intricately cast from heavy crushed stone resin, these pieces are finished with an elegant Cardinal Red and Palisander Cream colouring.

The King: Lord Burghley "Sir William Cecil", The Queen's Chief Advisor
The Queen: Elizabeth I
The Bishop: Matthew Parker "Archbishop of Canterbury"
The Knight: Sir Walter Raleigh
The Rook: White Tower of The Tower of London
The Pawn: Ships of the English Fleet